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Unscored CVE-2023-52577 EUVD-2023-57201GHSA-85v9-53x3-q4xp

dccp: fix dccp_v4_err()/dccp_v6_err() again

Published Mar 2, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dccp: fix dccp_v4_err()/dccp_v6_err() again

dh->dccph_x is the 9th byte (offset 8) in "struct dccp_hdr",
not in the "byte 7" as Jann claimed.

We need to make sure the ICMP messages are big enough,
using more standard ways (no more assumptions).

syzbot reported:
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in pskb_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:2667 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in pskb_may_pull include/linux/skbuff.h:2681 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in dccp_v6_err+0x426/0x1aa0 net/dccp/ipv6.c:94
pskb_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:2667 [inline]
pskb_may_pull include/linux/skbuff.h:2681 [inline]
dccp_v6_err+0x426/0x1aa0 net/dccp/ipv6.c:94
icmpv6_notify+0x4c7/0x880 net/ipv6/icmp.c:867
icmpv6_rcv+0x19d5/0x30d0
ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xda6/0x2a60 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:438
ip6_input_finish net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:483 [inline]
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:304 [inline]
ip6_input+0x15d/0x430 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:492
ip6_mc_input+0xa7e/0xc80 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:586
dst_input include/net/dst.h:468 [inline]
ip6_rcv_finish+0x5db/0x870 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:79
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:304 [inline]
ipv6_rcv+0xda/0x390 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:310
__netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5523 [inline]
__netif_receive_skb+0x1a6/0x5a0 net/core/dev.c:5637
netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:5723 [inline]
netif_receive_skb+0x58/0x660 net/core/dev.c:5782
tun_rx_batched+0x83b/0x920
tun_get_user+0x564c/0x6940 drivers/net/tun.c:2002
tun_chr_write_iter+0x3af/0x5d0 drivers/net/tun.c:2048
call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1985 [inline]
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
vfs_write+0x8ef/0x15c0 fs/read_write.c:584
ksys_write+0x20f/0x4c0 fs/read_write.c:637
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline]
__se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline]
__x64_sys_write+0x93/0xd0 fs/read_write.c:646
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook+0x12f/0xb70 mm/slab.h:767
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x577/0xa80 mm/slub.c:3523
kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:559
__alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:650
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline]
alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbd0 net/core/skbuff.c:6313
sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa80/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2795
tun_alloc_skb drivers/net/tun.c:1531 [inline]
tun_get_user+0x23cf/0x6940 drivers/net/tun.c:1846
tun_chr_write_iter+0x3af/0x5d0 drivers/net/tun.c:2048
call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1985 [inline]
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
vfs_write+0x8ef/0x15c0 fs/read_write.c:584
ksys_write+0x20f/0x4c0 fs/read_write.c:637
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline]
__se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline]
__x64_sys_write+0x93/0xd0 fs/read_write.c:646
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

CPU: 0 PID: 4995 Comm: syz-executor153 Not tainted 6.6.0-rc1-syzkaller-00014-ga747acc0b752 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/04/2023

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.4.16 – < 6.5, 4.14.326 – < 4.14.327, 4.19.295 – < 4.19.296, 5.4.257 – < 5.4.258, 5.10.195 – < 5.10.198, 5.15.132 – < 5.15.134, 6.1.53 – < 6.1.56, 6.5.3 – < 6.5.6 6.5

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.5.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.5.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.64-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.7.0-1001.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.5 6.5.0-1013.13~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-17.17~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-17.17.1.1.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 6.5.0-1014.14 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.5 6.5.0-1014.15 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.5 6.5.0-1015.15~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +24 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-171.189 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1118.128 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1123.130 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1078.84 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1122.131 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1085.89 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1065.70 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1030.31 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1106.113 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1117.126 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1102.114 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1037.41 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1118.128+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1123.130+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1092.102 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1122.131+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1118.128~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1123.130~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1122.131~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-171.189~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1065.70~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1117.126~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1102.114~18.04.1 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.327-246.539 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-2328
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.327-246.539.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-2328

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